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Frank Henry Cooney (December 31, 1872, Norwood, Ontario – December 15, 1935) was the ninth Governor of Montana from 1933-35.

Biography

Cooney was married to Emma May Poindexter Cooney and had two children, Virginia E. Cooney Dunphy and Gage Rodman Cooney.He is credited for reforming the state liquor laws and establishing a water conservation program.

Career

Cooney, a businessman, was public administrator for Silver Bow County, Montana from 1898-1900. He was elected lieutenant governor in 1932. In 1933, he replaced Governor John Edward Erickson, who left office to become a United States Senator.

Death

Cooney died in office in 1935 of heart failure. He is buried in Saint Mary Cemetery, Missoula, Missoula Coounty, Montana USA.

References

• State of Montana profile
• National Governors Association biography

v t e Governors of Montana
Territorial (1864–1889)	Edgerton Meagher G. Smith Ashley Potts Crosby Carpenter Hauser Leslie White
State (since 1889)	Toole Rickards R. Smith Toole Norris Stewart Dixon Erickson Cooney Holt Ayers Ford Bonner Aronson Nutter Babcock Anderson Judge Schwinden Stephens Racicot Martz Schweitzer Bullock Gianforte

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• 1872 births
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